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cowofwar posted:Base salary for a post doctoral fellow at University of Toronto is $27,400 a year. Not much fun paying student loans on that poo poo. Postdocs are expected to live off the fat of the land. I hear the squirrels in Queen's Park are delicious.
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People have often asked me why I never bothered becoming a commercial pilot even when I had the money on hand to pay for most of it cash. I tell them it's because only a fool would put up the same kind of money that some pay for med school to make the same kind of money as someone who just bought themselves a 6 month community college certificate. And then after 10 years of putting up with that bullshit you *might* make enough money to keep a one bedroom apartment all by yourself, if you don't get lucky and suffer so many layoffs and furloughs that you don't say gently caress it and go do something else.
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Sep 16, 2015 04:00
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Kraftwerk posted:So what's the consensus on these new condos that they're building? Are all of them overpriced and set to fall apart? Or are there some that are decent? Seriously what the gently caress? Are you goblins seriously advocating that I tolerate cockroaches and rats to save money?
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Sep 16, 2015 04:01
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you shut your whore mouth I loving love rabbitmq. pilots go kill yourselves
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Sep 16, 2015 04:08
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Dreylad posted:OK so we're agreed Estonia is a member of NATO. quote:
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Sep 16, 2015 04:21
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cowofwar posted:Base salary for a post doctoral fellow at University of Toronto is $27,400 a year. Not much fun paying student loans on that poo poo. It's actually $30,500 but yeah, very ridiculous. Why would anyone spend years trying to get a ph.D. just to do the exact same crap right after graduation for a meager salary. http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/facultyandstaff/Pages/Engaging-Renewing-Postdocs.aspx
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Sep 16, 2015 04:35
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SO uh hey guys, I just got married and I need to sponsor my wife to come to Canada. DO I need to be actually residing in Canada for this? DO I need a job? I'm pretty confused and it seems like a bunch of you guys have done this/are in the process.
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Sep 16, 2015 04:41
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tekz posted:Lmao Like Obamacare the solution is you reward the people who caused the problem
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Throatwarbler posted:SO uh hey guys, I just got married and I need to sponsor my wife to come to Canada. DO I need to be actually residing in Canada for this? DO I need a job? I'm pretty confused and it seems like a bunch of you guys have done this/are in the process. You don't need to be residing in Canada, but you need to prove that you will be residing in Canada when you do come here. You also don't need a job, but need to prove that you have some way or plan of supporting the both of you. I suggest reading the whole guide the government gives, it's actually pretty helpful.
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Sep 16, 2015 04:46
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Throatwarbler posted:SO uh hey guys, I just got married and I need to sponsor my wife to come to Canada. DO I need to be actually residing in Canada for this? DO I need a job? I'm pretty confused and it seems like a bunch of you guys have done this/are in the process. I'm actually moving to Canada with my girlfriend next year (we're doing the common-law partner thing, which is essentially the same as getting married.) You actually have the option of applying outside the country or inside, if I recall correctly.
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Sep 16, 2015 04:47
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Throatwarbler posted:SO uh hey guys, I just got married and I need to sponsor my wife to come to Canada. DO I need to be actually residing in Canada for this? DO I need a job? I'm pretty confused and it seems like a bunch of you guys have done this/are in the process. lol enjoy a year or two wait. I think you don't actually have to prove anything financially, that's only for sponsoring family. Spouse gets in regardless you only have to prove it's a "real" relationship and she isn't a KGB agent. Also you aren't living in canada and have no job but just got married??
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Sep 16, 2015 05:28
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Yeah I can go back to Canada and get a job, ain't no thang, Victoria is a boom town right? But does that mean I get to be separated from my wife for a year or more? Not so keen on that.
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Sep 16, 2015 05:40
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It depends on where she's from. If she's from a first world country where you don't need a visa and get in relatively easily, come in for a "visit". While you're here, apply for the visa, and she can stay in Canada until it's processed. It's important to note though that she cannot leave Canada once it's in processing, or she loses the bridging visa status. You can apply from "inside" Canada or "outside" regardless of where you physically are. If you apply from "inside" Canada everything will be done inside the country. HOWEVER your wife cannot leave the country until it's processed without risking her application being deserted, and I think it takes about 18 months (there's a pretty accurate estimate somewhere on the governemnt website for all processing times). Most people do this if they're from a country with a long processing time "outside" and they managed to get a visa to come to Canada temporarily. If you apply from "outside" Canada it is often faster, especially if you come from a first world country. However, there's always the risk that you'll be called in for an interview at whatever office you've applied to, which would mean you'd have to physically fly back there to attend. Some offices are known for basically never doing interviews though, so it's up to you. Most people that do this are either outside of the country, or people inside the country from a first world country who have a shorter wait time and either dont' expect to be interviewed or don't care if they're called back for an interview. Note: all this was true in 2013 when my husband and I did it. It took 6 months total almost to the day before he got his permanent residency, which is pretty drat quick. We did the "outside" way even though we were in Canada and never got a call for an interview. We sent off the papers, waited six months then got a letter in the mail telling us to cross a border into Canada and we were done. And you don't have to prove an income but you do have to prove that you have an actual plan to work in Canada. Just printing out job search applications online is enough though AFAIK, they really aren't strict on it. HookShot fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Sep 16, 2015 |
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Sep 16, 2015 05:50
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My personal situation is fairly complicated; I hope it won't make things difficult. I am on a student visa in the United States and met my girlfriend while studying, but I have to be back in Canada by March. We can't really apply inside Canada because we have a wedding to go to in Florida in May. So I guess she will apply "outside" while I live in Canada and she stays in the US until they tell her to cross.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:01
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Mystic_Shadow posted:My personal situation is fairly complicated; I hope it won't make things difficult. I am on a student visa in the United States and met my girlfriend while studying, but I have to be back in Canada by March. We can't really apply inside Canada because we have a wedding to go to in Florida in May. So I guess she will apply "outside" while I live in Canada and she stays in the US until they tell her to cross. You can both go to Canada and still apply "outside", just she'll have to go back to the States for her interview if they need one. Tons of people do it this way because going back to the states for an interview is way cheaper than going to say, Europe.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:03
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Pilots are just bus drivers with snappier uniforms, worse schedules, and weaker unions.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:06
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HookShot posted:You can both go to Canada and still apply "outside", just she'll have to go back to the States for her interview if they need one. Tons of people do it this way because going back to the states for an interview is way cheaper than going to say, Europe. That's good to know. It actually sounds way less complicated than immigrating to the United States (I've been here for 17 years and still considered a foreigner in the eyes of the law.)
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Sep 16, 2015 06:06
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And no one here has a "complicated" situation. Go to the family immigration forums if you want to hear actually complicated stories. Like 23-year old male ex-refugees that got denied and overstayed and deported that are now married to a 45 year old schoolteacher who went over there for six months and now she wants to bring him over to Canada. Or the dude who married a woman, brought her to Canada, and she died two years later and six months later he remarried and wants to bring his new wife over too. "I married/live with one partner who lives in a first world country where I also live and we both want to move to Canada" is basically the simplest application there is.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:09
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That sounded way douchier than it was meant to, sorry.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:11
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No actually that made me feel way better, thank you.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:14
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Mystic_Shadow posted:No actually that made me feel way better, thank you. No problem! It's actually not that hard. We found it way faster, easier, and cheaper than doing it the other way around in Australia for me. The government website is actually really good for info, and there's a huge canadian immigration forum where basically every situation under the sun has been experienced by someone at some point if you have any questions that no one here can answer.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:23
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Thanks, my wife is Chinese, so it's a bit more difficult but doable. So I could get her over and then apply "outside", and she can still stay?
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Sep 16, 2015 07:14
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If she's Chinese they probably won't give her a visa to visit if she's married to a Canadian (risk of overstay). You can always try, but chances are you're going to have to actually be outside and apply from outside. If you do succeed and manage to get her in Canada and apply from outside, she'll probably have to go back to China at some point for the interview. I honestly have no idea how it would work for her to go back to Canada after the interview, since we never went through it. I know Americans often don't have any trouble, but it's different when you need an actual visa before being allowed to travel to Canada. On the bright side, the wait time for the Beijing office is only 10 months right now. And AFAIK there's nothing saying you can't stay there with her while it processes.
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HookShot posted:If she's Chinese they probably won't give her a visa to visit if she's married to a Canadian (risk of overstay). You can always try, but chances are you're going to have to actually be outside and apply from outside. If you do succeed and manage to get her in Canada and apply from outside, she'll probably have to go back to China at some point for the interview. I honestly have no idea how it would work for her to go back to Canada after the interview, since we never went through it. I know Americans often don't have any trouble, but it's different when you need an actual visa before being allowed to travel to Canada. I haven't told anyone that I married her, couldn't she just go over as a tourist? Admittedly I know nothing about this.
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Sep 16, 2015 07:55
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This is getting goonier by the minute. 
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I have a feeling Throatwarbler and his wife are going to end up featured on one of those border guards shows Announcer Voice: Today in YVR, a pair of people crossing in from China have very strange things to tell Blurred out white male: Look officer, all I'm saying is, are there stairs in your house?
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Sep 16, 2015 13:36
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Honestly just lie to the cbsa and try to sneak her in. They only give exclusion orders to liars.
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EvilJoven posted:People have often asked me why I never bothered becoming a commercial pilot even when I had the money on hand to pay for most of it cash. I tell them it's because only a fool would put up the same kind of money that some pay for med school to make the same kind of money as someone who just bought themselves a 6 month community college certificate. Wow, that's exactly the same decision I made! Fuzzy Mammal posted:Pilots are just bus drivers with snappier uniforms, worse schedules, and weaker unions. Yes, but flying planes is loving awesome (unlike driving a bus), so a lot of people are willing to do it for extremely lovely pay in bad working conditions.
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Sep 16, 2015 15:10
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Don't the big planes pretty much fly themselves and the pilot's only there in case he decides he wants to crash into a mountain?
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ChairMaster posted:Don't the big planes pretty much fly themselves and the pilot's only there in case he decides he wants to crash into a mountain? No. Planes fly on autopilot most of the time because it's convenient and it leaves pilots enough time and energy to troubleshoot possibly catastrophic problems if something goes horribly wrong. That being said, you still need to be able to *understand* and *command* the complex systems in the cockpit, even if they are highly automated. Case in point, the cockpit of the new Airbus A359:  When poo poo hits the fan, you are at 30 000 feet and dropping fast and you have only seconds to react, and the wrong decision means death for ~300 people, it really puts the whole "those planes practically fly themselves  " nonsense into perspective.
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This is also relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giixQm2A9Xw
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Sep 16, 2015 15:45
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There's a couple air France pilots at the bottom of the Atlantic who probably should have listened to the autopilot
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Sep 16, 2015 15:46
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The big difference between pilots and bus drivers is pilots get laid.
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TerminalSaint posted:The big difference between pilots and bus drivers is pilots get laid. And you can't be a fat arsehole because there are strict health and fitness requirements.
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OhYeah posted:No. Planes fly on autopilot most of the time because it's convenient and it leaves pilots enough time and energy to troubleshoot possibly catastrophic problems if something goes horribly wrong. That being said, you still need to be able to *understand* and *command* the complex systems in the cockpit, even if they are highly automated. Case in point, the cockpit of the new Airbus A359: Well I mostly meant that as a response to the idea that flying planes is fun, even though the only time you do any flying is when poo poo goes really wrong and you have to fix it, which doesn't sound that fun.
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Mystic_Shadow posted:My personal situation is fairly complicated; I hope it won't make things difficult. I am on a student visa in the United States and met my girlfriend while studying, but I have to be back in Canada by March. We can't really apply inside Canada because we have a wedding to go to in Florida in May. So I guess she will apply "outside" while I live in Canada and she stays in the US until they tell her to cross. Apply in the Buffalo office as it has a fast turn around time for interviews.
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sbaldrick posted:Apply in the Buffalo office as it has a fast turn around time for interviews. They closed that office a couple of years ago. There wasn't much notice given that the office would be closing (less than a week iirc). At the time, some people were complaining because they had interviews that had been booked at that office, sometimes months in advance, and had plane tickets and hotels booked, and their interviews were cancelled with basically no notice and no information immediately available as to when and where they were being rescheduled. It sucked all around. There's a decent immigration forum that might help Throatwarbler with his wife's application.
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Throatwarbler posted:I haven't told anyone that I married her, couldn't she just go over as a tourist? Admittedly I know nothing about this. Yes, lie to an agency that will then be judging whether or not she gets to stay in the country permanently (and remember that you're going to have to submit your marriage certificate with the date on it when you do that!), that sounds like a great idea. Cultural Imperial posted:There's a couple air France pilots at the bottom of the Atlantic who probably should have listened to the autopilot
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I'm a big loving nerd that does flight simulator poo poo and ya if you literally want to fly in a straight line a plane with a modern autopilot of flight management computer is easy poo poo but the second you throw in the actual policies and procedures required to keep your plane from running into other planes and avoid restricted airspace and do all the other things pilots need to do you add a ton of workload and its barely manageable even with an autopilot at times. Throw in actually having to monitor an actual mechanical thing for potential equipment failures like I've had to do in a real plane and ya, they don't really just fly themselves.
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HookShot posted:Hadn't autopilot been disengaged for ages before they started trying to make the plane climb forever? I thought as soon as they hit the hail the autopilot disengaged. They should have listened to the loudly beeping stall warnings though. Yeah, I believe the autopilot was disengaged, but the fly-by-wire system tried to override the pilots' inputs when the computer judged it would lead to a stall. Ultimately, the pilots should have been able to not induce a stall, and to recognize the threat of causing a stall given the conditions, because that's a basic skill of pilotage. I would point to the "miracle on the Hudson" and the recent incident in LAS with the British Airways flight as things that wouldn't have been as competently handled by even an advanced autopilot. Saying that the compute flies the plane also discounts the work done by a captain/PIC in terms of flight planning and pre-flight procedures, and deciding when it may not be safe to follow an ATC clearance or instruction.
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